What a Life Aimed At Danger In Every Modern Pleasure
A sweeping denunciation catalogs risks in modern life from electronics and medicine to food, transport, media, and fashion. It warns that color TVs, drugs, aviation, cars, and even jogging pose hazards while sensationally lamenting safety in everyday comforts. The piece jests at the era’s pervasive fear of risk and the fragility of life.
Subsidies Sought for Low Exhaust Vehicles
Grass roots opinion from Corvallis Oregon and Ralls Texas urges subsidies to promote low exhaust cars. Senate subcommittees discuss price breaks and tax incentives for private owners during transition, preferring carrots over mandates to spur purchases.
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Dead-Serious Hilarity From The Peoples Book Of Ready Reference
A humorous scan of 1903 ites on waterproofing boots inks and skin care reveals deadly serious instructions boiled to absurdity. The piece notes pervasive boiling and a culture of expectant remedies, followed by a Tito Nixon exchange on Soviet gains and West Germany’s concessions, warning of Moscow’s long reach in Europe and the Middle East.
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Mike
Tony Litz
Peoples Book of Ready Reference
Tito Signals Pro American Balance of Power Aim
The confidential translation quotes Tito saying the U S must be pro American yet seek a power balance preventing total supremacy by one state. He warns against Kremlin influence in West Germany and the Mediterranean and suggests Nixon’s tougher stance toward the Soviet Union while maintaining U S power in Asia, the Mediterranean, and Central Europe.
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Revenge story transforms editor by a cook’s mercy
A veteran writer recalls revenge fantasies against a cruel city editor. The tale follows career shifts from a harsh editor, to Collier's contact, to a publishing offer, ending with the editor admitting to making him. The narrator uses a rice pudding scene and a publisher’s quiet test to seal his revenge.
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